Modern English → Old English
Old English word for listen
9 headwords match “listen”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; hlysnan ranks first.
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listen — to listen
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hlysne first-person singular past indicative hlysnde, hlysnede second-person singular present indicative hlysnest second-person singular past indicative hlysndest, hlysnedest third-person singular present indicative hlysneþ third-person singular past indicative hlysnde, hlysnede -
listen — to listen, hear
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hlyste first-person singular past indicative hlyste second-person singular present indicative hlystest, hlyst second-person singular past indicative hlystest third-person singular present indicative hlysteþ, hlyst third-person singular past indicative hlyste -
listen — to hear, listen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhlyste first-person singular past indicative āhlyste second-person singular present indicative āhlystest, āhlyst second-person singular past indicative āhlystest third-person singular present indicative āhlysteþ, āhlyst third-person singular past indicative āhlyste -
listen — to listen carefully, harken
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative heorciġe first-person singular past indicative heorcode second-person singular present indicative heorcast second-person singular past indicative heorcodest third-person singular present indicative heorcaþ third-person singular past indicative heorcode -
listen — to hearken, listen (to), obey
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative heorcniġe first-person singular past indicative heorcnode second-person singular present indicative heorcnast second-person singular past indicative heorcnodest third-person singular present indicative heorcnaþ third-person singular past indicative heorcnode -
listen — to not listen to, disregard, disobey
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferhīere first-person singular past indicative oferhīerde second-person singular present indicative oferhīerest, oferhīerst second-person singular past indicative oferhīerdest third-person singular present indicative oferhīereþ, oferhīerþ third-person singular past indicative oferhīerde -
listen — to obey
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hīere first-person singular past indicative hīerde second-person singular present indicative hīerest, hīerst second-person singular past indicative hīerdest third-person singular present indicative hīereþ, hīerþ third-person singular past indicative hīerde -
listen — to hear
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġehīere first-person singular past indicative ġehīerde second-person singular present indicative ġehīerest, ġehīerst second-person singular past indicative ġehīerdest third-person singular present indicative ġehīereþ, ġehīerþ third-person singular past indicative ġehīerde -
listen — to listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch,
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hlosniġe first-person singular past indicative hlosnode second-person singular present indicative hlosnast second-person singular past indicative hlosnodest third-person singular present indicative hlosnaþ third-person singular past indicative hlosnode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “listen” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “listen”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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